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Steel / No. 315

Luthier’s GA 12-string 12-F acoustic guitar no. 315

The story

First in the World luthier acoustic guitar with the following innovations:

  • Acoustic Tubes inside the guitar neck (Patent – European Patent Office no. EP 3340231 ‘Acoustic Tubes’)
  • Top with an 8th-generation WAVE resonator
  • Back & sides made in 2nd-generation High-Tech Press
  • Bridge with drilled holes
  • ‘Sigmoidal Joint’ of the guitar sides

Specifications

Body
Grand Auditorium, 12-strings, 12-frets to the body
Double-Top
Alpine Spruce from Tirol (Master Grade)
Back&Sides
Black & White Ebony with sapwood (Master Grade)
Neck
C-shape, made of flamed Sycamore (Master Grade), dual-action double truss rod
Fingerboard
Elevated, Ebony (Master Grade), binded, compound radius 16″ (at the nut)
Type
Modern (Open)
Plates
Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Black mother of pearl
Bridge
Ebony with drilled holes (Master Grade), hand-shaped shaped, encrusted with natural bone and special inlay in black mother of pearl
Soundhole
Single left upper-bout, binded
Heel
Cup / Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Black mother of pearl
Arm bevel
Smooth, Ebony, integrated with the guitar body, 20 mm width
Nut
Hand-shaped and polished bone, 46 mm (1 13/16″) width
Saddle
Hand-shaped and polished bone, semi-scalloped
Tuners
Gold plated single tuning keys, with mother of pearl screw reinforcements. Ratio 1:18
Binding
Ebony (Master Grade)
Fingerboard side dots
Natural bone ø 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15, 17 frets, and ø 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets
Frets
EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Strap buttons
Ebony with logo inlays in black mother of pearl
Scale length
25.5” (647,7 mm)
Finish
Varnish, highly resonant, anti-static (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Pickguard
Black & White Ebony (Master Grade)
Inlay
Single crown logo made of black mother of pearl at 12th fret
Warranty
Life-time
Hardcase
Highest-quality, brand hardcase